Unfortunately Italy is incapable of coming to terms with its past, La Repubblica admonishes:
"October 28 is the day of national shame for Italy. ... The problem is that in Italy, unlike in other countries, there is no collective awareness of this date's connection with our national history. As if the transition from liberal to fascist state had been a simple change of season. ... As if the country had surrendered to this experience and then detached itself from it, without fully grasping its significance or its impact on Italian history. The cultural trivialisation of fascism that has gone on for twenty years has been accompanied by a devaluation of anti-fascism, which is now seen as a purely ideological superstructure that serves the interests of the Communist Party."
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